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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
James Vick
James Vick
4-0 · USA
VS
Ramsey Nijem
Ramsey Nijem
7-3 · USA
August 17, 2013 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
James Vick def. Ramsey Nijem by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:58
Vick0/00/000:16
Nijem0/21/200:22
Total
Vick0/00/000:16
Nijem0/21/200:22

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
VickWin probabilityNijem
34.3%65.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
22%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Vick, blue toward Nijem. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vick34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%31%
Submission9%26%
Decision15%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Nijem66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%
Submission13%20%
Decision32%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 0
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.7)act 1
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R212%
R39%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Vick
42.0%+134
Nijem
-13456.4%
Most takedownstie 30.2%
Vick
9.8%+609
Nijem
-60960.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vick
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.3%
+137
Under 32.5
57.7%
-137
04181
Nijem
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.8%
-137
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Vick
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.4%
+415
Under 0.5
80.6%
-415
035
Nijem
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.7%
+119
Under 1.5
54.3%
-119
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.8 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Vick34.3%35.7%−1.4+175
Nijem65.7%64.3%+1.4-190

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VickNijem
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1527
1512
Divisional
1540
Striking offense
Striking defense
1480
Grappling offense
1521
1500
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
26 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.09
Strike accuracy
45%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.37
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
5.30
Takedown accuracy
54%
Takedown defense
20%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
60%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Vick
No prior UFC fights.
Ramsey Nijem
  • LMyles JuryKO/TKO R2
    Close +1904mo before
  • WJoe ProctorU-DEC R3
    Close -2308mo before
  • WCJ KeithKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 2mo before
  • WDanny DownesU-DEC R3
    Close -1951y 10mo before
  • LTony FergusonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1052y 2mo before
Vick — win / loss by method
Record: 4-0-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Nijem — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
2 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vick
Nijem
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
42.4 min · 8.5 avg
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Vick
Nijem
Overall
45W–5L · 90.0%
Wins
24W–3L · 88.9%
Losses
21W–2L · 91.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vick
Nijem
7W–7L · 50.0%
Overall
19W–7L · 73.1%
7W–7L · 50.0%
Wins
17W–7L · 70.8%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Vick
Nijem
Landed / min
6.98
Accuracy
35.8%
Defense
70.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
Time at distance
24.3%
Grappling & control
Vick
Nijem
Takedowns / 15 min
5.30
Takedown accuracy
53.6%
Takedown defense
20.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.41
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Vick
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Nijem
  • Head79%(103)div 64%
  • Body13%(17)div 19%
  • Legs8%(11)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

James Vick

No UFC fights on record.

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Ramsey Nijem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.